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Platelet Survival Study

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 78191

A nuclear medicine test that tags platelets, the blood cells that help clots form, with a small amount of radioactive material and then follows how long they last in the bloodstream. It helps show whether a low platelet count is caused by platelets being destroyed too quickly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $174 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$145 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$120 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $33 to $776Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $46 to $1,862
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$457.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$457.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alabama than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 34th of 51

$182

AL $550TX $105

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.